Day 58: Goes sunbathing... drowns

Today must have been one of the hottest days I've experienced in Latvia so far and that meant one thing: sunbathing. It would have been great to go to the beach but I couldn't, so I did the next best thing - sunbathing on an island in the middle of Gauja River.

The island.

You literally had to walk through the river to get to this island. I was so relaxed under the sun that I could have fallen asleep. To prevent this, my friend and I decided to go for a swim in the river. We walked in and, because the river has quite a strong current, we were being pulled down the river. I am quite a good swimmer and the water was fairly shallow so I was okay... until suddenly I couldn't feel the sand beneath my feet.

My face at the time.

I wasn't expecting this at all so panic mode soon set in. And it is very hard to swim when you're panicking. Although I should have probably been crying at this point, or worried to some degree, I was laughing. I have a terrible habit of laughing when I'm nervous. I was laughing so hard that I'm sure I was making myself sink even more. My friend grabbed my hand and we swam back to the island. It was definitely an adventure, I'll tell you that! I'm still laughing now...

Yep, that pretty much sums up my day.

It felt so great to sunbathe in a different country for the first time. It's only when I got home and looked in the mirror to marvel at my golden tan when realised I have drastic tan lines. I basically baked myself alive, like ya do. Ah well, I guess there is only one thing I can do to solve this. I'll have to go back and sunbathe again tomorrow... I'm not complaining!